Psychology – The 27 Club: Tragic Talent and the Perils of Fame
The “27 Club” is synonymous with a tragic pattern in the music industry: the untimely deaths of young, influential musicians, artists, and actors at the age of 27.
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The Federal Government’s Shift on Marijuana Legalization: A Profit-Driven Decision
One of the main reasons driving this shift is the immense profit potential that the private banking sector sees in the marijuana industry.
Sometimes You Just Have To Be An [Insert Slang Term For The Rectum Here] To Do Things Right
We have previously reported on how almost everyone supports drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation, but they prefer it to be in other people’s neighborhoods, and how even in Democrat-controlled Philadelphia, the City Council passed an ordinance which bans ‘safe injection centers in all council districts except one. We alson noted that, despite residential opposition, the …
Sometimes You Just Have To Be an [Insert Slang Term For the Rectum Here] To Do Things Right.
“Nice guy” policies have led to disaster in our big cities. My site has previously noted the open-air drug market in the Kensington section of Philadelphia; with published photos of junkies shooting up right on the street in front of SEPTA’s Allegheny Avenue train station, it’s pretty difficult not to notice. The government of Mexico …
Robert Pue: This Is Your Brain On Drugs — Any Questions?
As I go about my business around town and to various parts of the state and the country, everything looks so very different from the America I knew as a kid and young adult.
Even in Liberal Philadelphia, Decent People Don’t Want the Junkies Next Door!
On September 14th, the Philadelphia City Council passed an ordinance to prohibit supervised drug consumption sites across most of the city. Outgoing Mayor Jim Kenney is appalled! Mayor Jim Kenney is vetoing a bill that prohibits supervised injection sites in most of the city Kenney’s move sends the bill back to City Council, which is …
What Hath Progressives Wrought?
There is a cat food dish on the front porch of our house, because our two cats are both outside and indoor critters. A dozen feet in front of the porch is the fence line, which has plenty of foliage, from bushes all the way up to two walnut trees. It was November of 2018 …
Defending the Republic, Part 1
Defending The Republic, Part 1: Scenarios Over the last year, I’ve been thinking, researching, and writing (Corporatism Part 1, Part 2; Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 7: The Joint Corporatist Scenario, among others) a lot about corporatism. I’ve been searching for a reason why corporations are doing what they are doing with social justice agendas. Why …
San Francisco Does the Soft Touch Shuffle
San Francisco “soft touched” its way into its current drug/homelessness mess and it’s determined to find a “soft touch” way out.
Critical Thinking and Policy: The Wars on Drugs and Poverty
Critical Thinking and Policy: The Wars on Drugs and Poverty In an effective government, the first rule of policy is to set goals and the implementing processes to accomplish them. Politicians and the bureaucracy, however, run the government. The first rule of politicians is to get re-elected. The first rule of bureaucrats is to perpetuate …